Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
6 For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
10 Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
27 Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
